Warren HastingsChautauqua Press, 1886 - 183 pages |
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Page 161
... Calcutta , Hastings was sent up the country to Cossimbazar , a town which lies on the Hoogley , about a mile from Moorshedabad , and which then bore to Moorshedabad a rela- tion , if we may compare small things with great , such as the ...
... Calcutta , Hastings was sent up the country to Cossimbazar , a town which lies on the Hoogley , about a mile from Moorshedabad , and which then bore to Moorshedabad a rela- tion , if we may compare small things with great , such as the ...
Page 206
... Calcutta , carrying with him the means of buy- ing an estate in Saxony . The lady became Mrs. Hastings . The event was celebrated by great festivities ; and all the most conspicuous persons at Calcutta , without distinction of parties ...
... Calcutta , carrying with him the means of buy- ing an estate in Saxony . The lady became Mrs. Hastings . The event was celebrated by great festivities ; and all the most conspicuous persons at Calcutta , without distinction of parties ...
Page 210
... Calcutta , works were thrown up which thought to render the approach of a hostile force impossible . A maritime estab- lishment was formed for the defence of the river . Nine new battalions of sepoys were raised , and a corps of native ...
... Calcutta , works were thrown up which thought to render the approach of a hostile force impossible . A maritime estab- lishment was formed for the defence of the river . Nine new battalions of sepoys were raised , and a corps of native ...
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